BROWN Family Tree
with links to British India
George BROWN married Margaret ?, children:
Victor Walter Brown (b 23 June 1878 Coonoor, d 10 May 1929)
Next Generation
Victor Walter BROWN (b 23 June 1878 Coonoor, d 10 May 1929) at 22yrs on 18 June 1900 in Ooty married 24yr Mercy Angelica RICHTOR ( b 1876 daughter of John Leftimus Richtor), children:
Irene Dixie Brown (b 25 Aug 1900 Ooty)
Mavis Edith Brown (b 25 Oct 1901 Ooty)
Kenneth Edward Brown (b 5 Mar 1904 Ooty)
Minette Brown (b 1907, d 7 Aug 1908 Ooty)
Walter Brown (b 8 Jan 1908 Ooty)
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info from Carolyn David cdavid@edc.ca . I'm trying to trace relatives on the Godfrey and Hitchcock sides of the family as far back as I can. If anyone would like to contact me, they may do so at the coordinates below. Thank you very much, Carolyn David
?? BROWN married ??, children:
Elizabeth Brown
Next Generation
Elizabeth BROWN (b 1892, d May 19, 1986) on December 21, 1910, married Harry James GODFREY (b 1882, d Jan. 4, 1961). Their children:
Olive Selena Godfrey (b 1911, d Nov. 28, 2003)
Clifford Godfrey b 1915
Lancy Godfrey b1918 (now deceased)
Desmond Godfrey b1924 (moved to the U.K.)
Irene Godfrey b1913 (moved to the U.K.)
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John Charles BROWN (b 1871, son of John Charles Brown) at 25yrs in Madras married 16yr Elizabeth Maud MOORE (b 1880, daughter of Edwin Moore), children:
Sarah Elizabeth Brown (b 27 Nov 1896 Madras)
Norma Brown (b 13 Aug 1898 Ooty)
Florence Beatrice Brown (b 14 Mar 1904 Madras)
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info from Dsilva.Genealogy@btinternet.com
?? BROWN married ??, children:
Sophia Matilda Brown
Next Generation
Sophia Matilda BROWN b. 1864 married Adrian Dunstan D'COSTA married 8 Feb 1888 Cannanore, Madras. They had 3 known children:
Charles Adrian D'COSTA b. 1888 Calicut, Madras
Helen Grace D'COSTA b. 1890 Vepery, Madras
Alice Maud Irene D'COSTA b. 1892 Madras
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info from Joseph_Meagher@dell.com
?? BROWN married ??, children:
Virgie Brown
Next Generation
Virgie BROWN (Alandur, St.Thomas Mount) married Leslie MEAGHER (St. Thomas Mount, Madras) Has 6 Children:
Bella Meagher
Lulu Meagher
Hyacinth Meagher
Vally Meagher
Jenny Meagher
Ian Meagher
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info from Lorraine Waters lorrainewaters@fsmail.net
Any help with tracing their lives in India would be appreciated. Lorraine Waters
?? BROWN married ??, children:
Edgar Titus Brown (born 1899 Benaras)
Next Generation
Edgar Titus BROWN (station master at Jhansi railway station, born 1899 Benaras) married Grace Rebecca ALCHIN, (family left India in 1948) children:
Peter Brown (b ? d 1990)
Margaret Brown (b ? d 2005)
Lorraine Brown
Elaine Brown
Ivor Brown (Twin)
Christopher Brown (Twin b ? d 1994)
Next Generation
Lorraine BROWN married ?? WATERS
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info from Linda
Dsilva.Genealogy@btinternet
?? BROWN married ??, children:
George Brown
Next Generation
George BROWN (b ?, d. before 1882) married Caroline Louise D'SILVA b. 1841( looking for any children of theirs and his parents.) Caroline Louise had a second marriage to John RAFFIN in 1882 - looking for any descendants to this couple.
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info from Cheryl-Ann cherylshivan@gmail.com
?? BROWN married
??, children:
William Brown
Next Generation
William BROWN married ?, Children:
William Brown (b1818 in Newcastle-upon-Tyre ; d. 08.01.1860)
Other siblings unknown
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William BROWN married Eliza LOW (b 1832 ; daughter of Richard Low), Children:
William Henry Brown (b. probably in 1849 in Bangalore)
Other siblings unknown
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William Henry BROWN married Alice Augusta RISHWORTH (on 10.02.1881 in Maulmain), Children:
LLEWELLYN ERNEST BROWN
NELLY BROWN
DAISY LETITIA BROWN
EMMA BROWN
CHARLES RISHWORTH BROWN (b.27.10.1895 or 16.11.1895 at Trichy)
GLADYS LILIAN BROWN
Next Generation:
Charles Rishworth BROWN (b1895 at Trichy) married Josephine Caroline D’CRUZ (a widow, nee DAWSON on 22.10.1924 at Trichy.), Children (1 and 2 born of Josephine Caroline’s first marriage)
Maurice D’Cruz married Vanessa Mildred ?, Children: Blondel D’Cruz, Thelma D’Cruz
Millicent D’Cruz married Cyril ROSS (Children: Craig Ross, June Ross, Josephine Ross)
Adolphus Brown
Hazel Brown
Ronald Brown
Gwendoline Brown
Basil Brown
Donovan Brown (bachelor) (resides in Villupuram)
Frederick Brown (died in childhood)
Dudley Rishworth Brown (b.1938 ; d. 15.01.2001)
Noel Brown
Judaline Brown
Next Generation:
Adolphus Brown married ?? (reside in Adelaide,
Australia), Children :
Owen Brown
Jane Brown
Betty Brown
Hazel BROWN married Denzil BREWTY (reside in Villupuram, India), Children:
Marlene Brewty
Roselind Brewty
Charles Brewty
Joan Brewty
Jennifer Brewty
Ronald BROWN
married
Beryl ? (both deceased and buried at Villupuram), No Issues
Gwendoline BROWN married Austin
FERNANDES
(reside in Bandra, Bombay), Children:
Mary Ann Fernandes
Sunil Fernandes
Arun Charles Fernandes
Noel Brown married ? (reside at Tambaram, Madras), Children:
Josephine Brown
Brian Brown
?
Judaline Brown married Fewtin HURTIS (reside at Chrompet, Madras), Children :
Sabrina Hurtis
Geraldine Hurtis
Dudley Rishworth BROWN, on 27th June 1964 at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu) married Hyacinth Patricia HENDERSON, Children:
Cheryl-Ann Gerardine Brown
Hayley Caroline Brown
Next Generation
Owen Brown married Pam ? (reside in Adelaide, Australia), Children:
Shaun Brown
Cheryl-Ann Brown
Cheryl-Ann Gerardine BROWN married M.P.SHIVAN (on 14-01-1991 at Pondicherry), children:
Rhea Cheryl Shivan (b1992)
Zoe Karishma Shivan (b1997)
Hayley Caroline Brown married R.BIPIN (on 30-06-1993 at Pondicherry) (currently residing at Ipswich, England)
Sasha Ruth Bipin (b1994)
Kyle Tarun Bipin (b2003)
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info from Linda
Dsilva.Genealogy@btinternet
?? BROWN married ??,
children:
Murdoch Brown
Next Generation
Murdoch BROWN b. 1750 Edinburgh, Scotland married in 1790 India possibly to Eliza KING. He died Tellicherry 1828. (Born at Edinburgh, 1750, Murdoch left Scotland for Lisbon merely for the voyage, but never returned : found work at Lisbon, made his way through Europe : in 1775 went out as Consul to Calicut for the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria : engaged in trade, of which Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, wrote, 1792, as the most considerable of any British subject on that side of India : he lost eleven ships, East Indiamen, of 1,000 tons or more in the war with France : in 1798 he took over from Government as a plantation ""Five Tarras of Randaterra"" (The Anjrakandy estate) in Malabar : was granted, in 1802, a 99 years' lease, being the earliest English landholder in India : the natives regarded him as their Raja : none but the lowest caste would work on the estate, which was wasted by war : he educated his tenants and Christianized them by native catechists and German missionaries, raising them in the scale of civilization : he spoke seven European and five or six Oriental languages : died at Tellicherry, 1828.) The couple had the following children:
Francis Samuel Caranac BROWN b. 1792 d. 1868 Author - looking for marriage and descendants. Born at Mahé, Nov. 10, 1792 : son of Murdoch Brown (q.v.) : educated in England and France (where he was detained at the rupture of the peace of Amiens) : joined the 80th foot : Lieutenant and A.D.C. : retired on half pay to help his father manage the Anjrakandy estate : J. P. : returned to Europe, 1838 : was an active member of the committee of the ""British India Society"
Maria Jane BROWN b. circa 1792
Caroline BROWN b. circa 1792
Eliza Agnew BROWN b. 1795 d. 1835
Agnes BROWN
Julia Wilkinson BROWN d. 1844
Murdoch BROWN had another two sons with another woman ??:
John BROWN
George BROWN
Looking for the marriages and descendants of these two sons, or any information on Murdoch BROWN who was a Merchant and owned the Plantation at Anjarakandy.
Next Generation
Maria Jane BROWN b. circa 1792 married in 1810 in Bombay, Lt. Col. John LUDLOW, Bengal establishment (b. 1778 Romsey, Hants, Eng.)
Caroline BROWN b. circa 1792, in 1813 married Joachim Marcus da SILVA b. 1796. Joachim was the Chief of Police in Mahe.
Eliza Agnew BROWN b. 1795 d. 1835 married in 1814 in Bengal Gordon FORBES b. 1783 Ham, Surrey
Agnes BROWN married in 1809 in Calicut Maj. Gen. Richard Augustus WILLIS b. c. 1783 Constantinople, Turkey
Julia Wilkinson BROWN d. 1844 married in 1815 Thomas ALLPORT (a Merchant b 1787 d 1854 - No issue)
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info from robco@powerup.com.au
?? BROWN married ??, children :
Christopher Egbert Ivan BROWN (b1915, Kolar Gold Fields, d 24/5/1996 Brisbane.)
Next Generation
Christopher Egbert Ivan BROWN (b1915, Kolar Gold Fields, d 24/5/1996 Brisbane. Studied at St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore. Former Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bangalore/Mysore. Was the recipient of the President's Police Medal. Also worked at Luton Airport Security Services and Lion Brewery Security, Auckland, New Zealand - before retiring to live with his family in Brisbane, Australia.) married Gwendoline Theodora HALL, children:
Veronica Brown
Priscilla Brown
Christina Brown
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info submitted by emathews@kangan.edu.au
? BROWN married ?, children:
Daisy Brown
Doris Brown
Neville Brown
Maureen Brown
Clary Brown
Donald Brown
Ashley Brown
Next Generation
Daisy BROWN married Albert HENDRICKS, Daisy is sister of Doris Woods (Neville, Maureen, Clary, Donald, Ashley(, Flory Shires( uncle Charlie, Noel, Oscar, Reggie, Tony, Harold), sister in law of Pansy Brown ( Derek, Ivy, Cynthia, John, Gordon, Hazel), Children of Daisy and Albert Hendricks,
Malcolm HENDRICKS
Horace HENDRICKS (b1924 Bangalore Karnataka)
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info supplied by Polly Hamilton ? BROWN, Hotel Keeper, Retired Gentleman In 1881, Markinch), married 3/1/1843 Elizabeth GALLOWAY (Birth Dec 1818, Birth Place: Markinch, Fife, Scotland, Death Date: 29 Mar 1893, Death Place: Kinforthan House, Markinch, Occupation: Retired Lady In 1881 Census, Markinch), Children:John Brown,
Agnes Brown (b1849),
Margaret Brown (b1848 Markinch, Fife, Scotland),
George Brown (b1852),
Helen Brown (b1855, Markinch, Fife, Scotland)
Helen BROWN (b1855, Markinch, Fife, Scotland) married 15 Jul 1879 Andrew ROBERTSON (b1854, Markinch, Fife, Scotland, Chemist And Druggist), Children:
Elizabeth Robertson (b1880 Markinch, Fife, Scotland).
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?? BROWN married ??, children:
Alice Brown
Next Generation
Alice BROWN married George LONG, children :
Coral Edith Long (Nurse at Madras),
Bertram Long
Alice Long
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?? BROWN married ??, children:
Marjorie Teresa Brown
Next Generation
Marjorie Teresa BROWN married Gerald Albert William BALLANTINE, children :
Pamela Edith Ballantine (b1938, Bombay),
Aubrey Ernest Ballantine
Judith Rosaline Ballantine (b1945, Bombay)
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Info supplied by Tina Vanspall vanspt@lmh.vic.edu.au
?? BROWN married ??, children:
Monica Brown
Next Generation
Monica BROWN (from Delhi), married John VANSPALL of Madras : children :
Tina Vanspall
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